BARTH v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 85-538.

141 Ill. App.3d 266 (1986)

490 N.E.2d 77

DANIEL BARTH, a Minor, by Magdalena Barth, his Mother and Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed February 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

French, Rogers, Kezelis & Kominiarek, of Chicago (Richard J. French, Jerome M. Brooks, and Russell P. Veldenz, of counsel), for appellant Board of Education of the City of Chicago.

James D. Montgomery, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Mary K. Rochford and Sharon Baldwin, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellant City of Chicago.

Fred Lambruschi, of Chicago (Sidney Z. Karasik, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, the board of education of the city of Chicago (hereinafter the board) and the city of Chicago (hereinafter the city), appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County. A jury found defendants liable to plaintiff, Daniel Barth, in a personal injury action. The jury awarded plaintiff $2,550,000 in damages, assessing half of the liability to the board and half to the...

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